Actually the Tele is for MIMF.com's $100 Telecaster competition. I'm building a standard shape, but doing a 25" scale - I'm mostly a PRS player so 25.5" feels a bit too stiff for me these days. I've scavenged the full electronics & hardware set from an old asian Les Paul clone I got sick of (a J&D Luthiers one - you might have seen them in Australia) so it'll have a recessed TOM bridge, humbuckers, and a 3-a-side headstock. Most of my design work has been just making a headstock design that still feels Fender-ish even with the 3-a-side design..
If you hit up the MIMF you should be able to find my build thread with that information pretty easily - if you're still having troubles finding it then PM me and I'll set you on the right direction
Plenty of info there on my truss rod build and stuff, I'll have to get stuck more into the rest of the build soon. I only started a couple weeks ago.Theres a community college here where you can pay some money (only a few euros I think) and spend a few hours there to use their equipment. I may have to use that to do some resawing at some point, as resawing by hand is a pain and I don't yet have a decent bowsaw or ripsaw..